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We were in Jamaica during the war and were school kids at the time. We didn’t have a ration book but we were rationed. The shops didn’t have much. Sugar and fish were in short supply and oil. There were just small amounts of things like, flour and rice, washing powder — we had to make everything stretch.
It was difficult because we had to keep curtains closed at night so that planes going over couldn’t see our lights on.
It was fun for children.
Some women came over from England and they taught us how to knit. They knitted all sorts of things including socks

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